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Gov. John Hicklenlooper on Wednesday appointed a Boulder County assistant district attorney to a Jeffco judgeship left vacant when Judge Brian Boatright was appointed to the state Supreme Court.

Christopher Zenisek, a Golden resident, had worked for the 20th Judicial District for three years and previously worked as an associate at a law firm and as a clerk for U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock.

Zenisek holds a juris doctorate from the University of Denver, the governor’s office said.

Work groups from Jeffco Public Schools are recommending that 590 jobs be eliminated over the next two years to help meet a $70 million budget shortfall.

The cuts, which would most prominently affect elementary and middle schools and would save $47.5 million, would eliminate the school district’s fourth- and fifth-grade instrumental music program. Additionally, all middle school librarian jobs would be cut.

The Jefferson County Public Library spent $230 last week acquiring rights to two .xxx website domains, a pre-emptive measure to keep the addresses jeffcolibrary.xxx and jeffco-lib.xxx out of the hands of pornographers.

Jefferson County is funneling an additional $750,000 into an open space acquisition tied to the Jefferson Parkway, money that will be used to help purchase a mineral-rights lease.

Though the money is not included in the $5.1 million the county has already dedicated to the former Rocky Flats land deal, the $750,000 could be paid back to the county from an escrow account early next year, staff said.

1860s holiday delicacies such as pickled walnuts and bread pudding were available for taste tests in a small cabin at the annual Holiday’s Eve at the Littleton Museum. “You’re welcome to taste the food,” volunteer and historic interpreter Karin Kowalski encourages guests. “The walnuts are vinegary, and good.”

South Jeffco resident Russell Arnold was pacing frantically in and out of his apartment early on June 7. The 34-year-old — high on crystal methamphetamine, breathing rapidly and covered in sweat — struggled with sheriff’s deputies, continuing to resist even after being shocked with a Taser and receiving at least four hard uppercuts to his face.